Syllabus

Chapters of Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra

PART-A

Evaluation of Strengths: Includes the detailed study of each of the following strengths, effects of strengths of planets and the bhāva; use in predictions

1) Sthāna bala 2) Sapta-varga-ja bala 3) Oja-yugma-rāśi-aṁśa bala 4) Kendra-ādi bala 5) Drekkāṇa bala 6) Digbala 7) Kāla bala 8) Pakṣa bala

9) Tri-bhāga bala 10) Varśa-māsa-dina-horā bala 11) Naisargika bala 12) Ayana bala 13) Drigbala 14) Yuddha bala 15) Bhāva bala 16) Ṣaḍbala

Iṣṭa & Kaṣṭa bala

Rashmi – Rays of planets, their evaluation; chesṭā rashmi; benevolent malevolent rays; benefic and malefic tendencies; effects due to digbala, saptavargaja bala etc.; Iṣṭa (blessings) and Kaṣṭa (suffering); bhāva effects

Additional Topics: Varṇadā, Varṇadā Daśā, Tilādi Lakṣana (Marks and moles) etc.

PART B

Bhāva padas:
Ārūḍha definition and calculation; the exceptions and their understanding; All bhāva pada, graha pada, pada and wealth – including gains and losses, sources of gains, the 7^th from pada – the door, various matters concerning pada including varga.
Upapada calculation; 2^nd from UL; children from UL; siblings of self and spouse from AL and UL respectively; Various matters concerning Pada Lagna i.e. Ārūḍha Lagna (AL), Rājya Pada etc.

Argalā or planetary intervention
Determination of argalā – the three types; virodha argalā – obstruction to argalā; special (parākrama) argalā; effects of argalā.

Contact Course

The contact course is to be held as per the syllabus for the academic year as per this schedule

1	13-Mar-2014	Thu	PJC Y2B	Prarambha | Sthāna bala	Sapta-varga-ja bala | Oja-yugma-rāśi-aṁśa bala
2	14-Mar-2014	Fri	PJC Y2B	Kendra-ādi bala | Drekkāṇa bala	Digbala
3	15-Mar-2014	Sat	PJC Y2B	Kāla bala |Pakṣa bala | Tri-bhāga bala	Varśa-māsa-dina-horā bala
4	16-Mar-2014	Sun	PJC Y2B	Naisargika bala | Ayana bala	Drigbala | Yuddha bala
5	17-Mar-2014	Mon	PJC Y2B	Bhāva bala	Ṣaḍbala
6	18-Mar-2014	Tue	PJC Y2B	Ṣaḍbala Application
7	19-Mar-2014	Wed	PJC Y2B
8	20-Mar-2014	Thu	PJC Y2B	Rashmi	Iṣṭa-Kaṣṭa
9	21-Mar-2014	Fri	PJC Y2B	Ārūḍha Concepts	Ārūḍha Lagna AL
10	22-Mar-2014	Sat	PJC Y2B	Upapada UL
11	23-Mar-2014	Sun	PJC Y2B	Dara Pada A7	Mantra Pada A5
12	24-Mar-2014	Mon	PJC Y2B	Bhāgya Pada A9	Rājya Pada A10
13	25-Mar-2014	Tue	PJC Y2B	Dhana Pada A2	Bhrātṛ Pada A3
14	26-Mar-2014	Wed	PJC Y2B
15	27-Mar-2014	Thu	PJC Y2B	Mātṛ Pada A4	Pitr Pada A9
16	28-Mar-2014	Fri	PJC Y2B	Śatru Pada A6	Mṛtyu Pada A8
17	29-Mar-2014	Sat	PJC Y2B	Lābha Pada A11	Pada Gochara
18	30-Mar-2014	Sun	PJC Y2B	Argalā	Virodha Argalā
19	31-Mar-2014	Mon	PJC Y2B	Varṇadā & Daśā	Tilādi Lakṣana
20	01-Apr-2014	Tue	PJC Y2B	Niṣeka	Graha Yuddha

• Attendance for the entire Himalaya Course is EXPECTED. However, if you cannot attend, the slides will be available as videos of the course. Yet you could miss out some small technicalities of these teachings.
• Bhimtal, at the foothills of the Himalayas was not affected by the floods and has been chosen for the course due to the ancient Śiva temple where the strong Bhīma pāṇḍava worshipped – Lord Bhīma-śaṅkara